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Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, Manon Massé named Quebec Solidaire spokespersons

Click to play video: 'From student activist to politician'
From student activist to politician
WATCH ABOVE: Quebec Solidaire candidate Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about his journey from student activist to would-be politician for Quebec Solidaire – Mar 29, 2017

Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, the former student leader who rose to prominence during Quebec’s 2012 Quebec student protests, has been named an official spokesperson of the left-wing party Quebec Solidaire.

READ MORE: Former student leader Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois joins Quebec Solidaire

He was chosen as the party’s male spokesperson at a gathering in Montreal.

READ MORE: Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois ready for ‘political action’

He is also the party’s candidate in a provincial byelection in the Montreal riding of Gouin on May 29.

WATCH BELOW: A campaign sign in the Montreal riding of Gouin is turning heads and stirring up controversy. As Global’s Gloria Henriquez reports, some say it promotes racism.

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Campaign poster for Gouin by-election stirs controversy

Quebec Solidaire is sovereigntist and left-leaning party that has no leader, but is represented by one male and one female spokesperson at a time.

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Manon Massé was chosen as the party’s female spokesperson.

READ MORE: Gouin byelection taking place May 29 to replace Françoise David

The party has two of 125 seats in Quebec’s legislature.

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